Sasthamkotta


Sasthamkotta or Sasthamcotta is a village in the Kunnathoor Tehsil of Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Kunnathoor taluk headquarters is located at Sasthamkotta. Sasthamkotta fresh water lake is the largest fresh water lake in Kerala.

Location

Shasthamcotta is from Kollam, the district headquarters,a few kilometres from Adoor municipality, and from Karunagappalli town and away from Paravur. It is the location of the Sasthamcotta Sree Dharma Sastha Temple.

Tourism

The place is naturally beautiful and is surrounded by hills and valleys.
In the midst of the hills is the Fresh Water Lake. The extensive freshwater lake here is the biggest of its kind in Kerala. Water supply to the Kollam town is met by purifying the water from this lake.

Monkey Temples

One of the features of Sasthamcotta temple is the abundance of monkeys that camp around. Because of that Sasthamcotta is famous for Monkeys. Many movies and TV serials shot at Sasthamcotta, like Inapravukal, Ente Hridayathinte Udama, Ilamurathampuran, Nakshathrakkannulla Rajakumaran, Kuttisrank etc. are some of those.
The Second World Religion Conference had been held in Sasthamcotta, in which the global religious leaders had particularly participated.

Demographics

India census, Sasthamkotta had a population of 32,330 with 15,818 males and 16,512 females.

Transport

Sasthamkotta is connected to Adoor municipality via SH-37. Adoor-Kollam KSRTC Venad chain bus service passes through Sasthamkotta.

Railways

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Notable Personalities from Sasthamcotta

M. D. Retnamma
Abdul Nasser Mahdani - founder of the Peoples Democratic Party
P. Balachandran
C.P. Rajasekharan Journalist& Writer
Ravi Saraswathi
Prof.C.Chandramathi
Dr.G.Sumithran
V.B unnithan
MURARI M PILLAI